Beyond the Tropes is returning this spring with The Center for Fiction for the newest session: Speculative Characters. We will be reading and discussing characters from popular IP starting with Aliens: Vasquez an original story by V. Castro about the origins and rise of the tough Latina Colonial Marine from the Aliens film. Next upContinue reading “Beyond the Tropes Returns for the Spring with Speculative Characters & Graphic Novels”
Category Archives: Workshops
Beyond The Tropes returns with The Vampire Evolution in March
My Beyond the Tropes workshop series with the Center for Fiction returns March 27th and it’s going to have a lot of bite; The Vampire Evolution workshop. For more information and to register for this session click here. In this session, we will read four vampire novels beginning with Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula. We willContinue reading “Beyond The Tropes returns with The Vampire Evolution in March”
The Speculative Fiction Academy
I am excited to announce the launch of the Speculative Fiction Academy. This online academy provides an environment where people interested in creating in the genre space can flourish. Students will be able to learn about the things that interest them – faeries and vampires, warlocks and shapeshifters, and everything in between. They will learnContinue reading “The Speculative Fiction Academy”
Beyond the Tropes Series with Marc L Abbott returns to the Center for Fiction. Now open for registration.
The Beyond the Tropes series returns to the Center for Fiction for a new series for the summer. Beyond the Tropes II: African American voices in Speculative Short Story Form begins June 13th and will cover selections from Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora and Dark Matter: Reading the Bones.Continue reading “Beyond the Tropes Series with Marc L Abbott returns to the Center for Fiction. Now open for registration.”